FOUR suspected cyber
crime experts who allegedly
hacked into the official
website of the West Africa Senior
School Certificate Examination
WASSCE have been arrested
by Police detectives attached to
the Inspector-General of Police
IGP’s monitoring unit. The suspects
according to sources were
monitored and apprehended at
their various locations across the
country following complaints by
management of the examination
body that it had every reason to
believe that certain criminally
minded individuals had hacked
into its website and were using it
to milk unsuspecting candidates
of their money. Sources said the
suspects have made confessional
statements to the Police admitting
culpability including collecting
different sums from their prey.
A statement by the Force public
relations officer, CSP Moshood
Jimoh gave the names of the suspects
as Okon Effiong, A 200
level Public Health undergraduate
student of the University of
Calabar, Chijioke Onwuachu
Modestus, a 300 level Cumputer
Science Undergraduatte student
of the Michael Okpara University
Umudike, Samuel Odinaka Onwurah
and Patrick Uchechukwu
Nwodo. According to the Force
image maker, whereas, Chijioke
Onwuachu Modestus was arrested
at Umuiahia and confessed
to have collected ₦400 per paper
from numerous candidates,
to the tune of seventy thousand
naira (N70,000) Samuel Odinaka
Onwurah 20 years-old was
arrested at Kutunku extension
layout in Gwagwalada, Abuja
and confessed to have collected
the sum of ninety thousand naira
(#90,000) from various victims.
On his part, Patrick Uchechukwu
Nwodo 30 years old was trailed
and picked up at Abakpa, Nike
in Enugu. He also confessed to
have collected the sum of forty
thousand naira (#40,000) from
unsuspecting while Okon Effiong
Joseph, 20 years-old and a
200 level student of Public Health
Department University of Calabar,
was arrested at Calabar. He
too admitted to have collected the
sum of one hundred and twenty
thousand naira (N120,000) from
different candidates.
Continuing, ACP Moshood Jimoh
said, “The 2017 diet of the
West African Senior School Certificate
Examination (WASSCE)
for school candidates was held
throughout Nigeria and indeed,
in the other four member countries
of the Council, namely;
Ghana, Sierra-Leon, Liberia and
the Gambia, between February
20, and May 12, 2017. At the
commencement of the examination,
the Council observed that
some individuals were operating
criminally inclined “rouge” websites,
under different names, so-
How UNICAL, MOU Undergraduate
Students, Others Were Arrested
Over Fake WAEC Websites
liciting for candidates sitting the
examination, to pay money into
their bank accounts, in exchange
for the provision of worked solutions/
answers to questions of
subjects being taken on any particular
day as the examination
was in progress. Consequently,
upon receipt of a petition by the
Authorities of West African Examination
Council (WAEC), alleging
that some fraudsters were
operating illegal websites under
different names soliciting for
candidates in the February/May
2017 West African Examination
Council (WAEC) to pay certain
amount of money into bank account
in exchange for posting of
worked solutions and answers
via WhatsApp at about 20 or 30
minutes into the commencement
of each paper and in the process
fraudulently and dubiously dispossessed
their unsuspecting victims
of their hard earned money.
Against this background, personnel
of the Inspector General of
Police Monitoring Unit swung
into action, after painstaking and
meticulous investigation that
spanned several weeks arrested
the above mentioned suspects.
The suspects will be charged to
court on completion of investigation,
while effort is being intensified
to arrest other operators of
these illegal/rogue websites still
at large. Meanwhile, members
of the Public are assured of the
renewed commitment and dedication
of the Force to stamp out
criminality throughout the country.
Parents and guardians are advised
to prevail on their children
and wards not to patronize these
“rogues” websites.”

source : http://crimeworld.com.ng/2017/06/15/how-unical-mou-undergraduate-students-others-were-arrested-over-fake-waec-websites/

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